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    Bull losing condition

    check your feed ration , some feed aint much of a ration, make sure he is getting enough protien and some cracked corn , drench worm him with safeguard, pour on dont do much for worms
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    Charolais bull

    I have heard of some docility problems with Charlois ,
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    GAR Angus - comparisons

    Gardner is in the feedlot business, they breed cattle to excel in the feed yard, they will tend to be a little flat sided and hard doers out in the pasture situation ,
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    Hay Profits

    4x5 roll will not weigh 1000lb, we bale over 1500 per year, bermuda grass 4x5 roll will weigh about 850lb if it is baled tight , we sale high quality hay for $40 per roll, we sell about 5000 square bales per year out of the feild for $4 and you load it ,
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    Terrible tasting/ smelling beef

    I would say it hung to long , turned sour , I got a steak at a steak house one time that the minute it was put on the table I could smell it , I called the waiter, she said she could smell it, It had a very distinct sour smell to it
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    SAV Resource died today

    I know a few breeders that nearly ruined thier herds using -BW bulls forever , they had a hard time getting a calf big enough to wean , there is a place for it , but for the mature cow herd, give me a 85 lb calf , and I can wean a very nice weanig weight , in fact we weaned some just this fall...
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    RIP S A V Resource

    he had already sold millions in semen sales
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    SAV Resource died today

    SAV Resource has died , it was reported that Resource died today , just saw it on a Angus group on Face book , He will go down as a great one, it also that Vin Mar O riley Factor also died today
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    Caustic..

    someone took him to the cleaners I bet
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    2019 bred heifer sale.

    bred hiefer sale in Clinton NC Saturday , very nice black breds for fall calving brought up to $1900, there was about 50 in the group, they sold them in pens of 5 they all avg from 1500-1900$ , very nice replacements
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    Black Vultures

    they are getting bad here in NC , in fact at Jordan lake fisherman had there trucks damaged , while the boats are out on the lake the buzzards flocked to the unattended trucks and ate the rubber molding on the trucks around the windows and windshield , some of them had over a $1000 damage ...
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    Starting a small backgrounding/feedyard

    I know a guy that they feed loose soy hulls and hay , and nothing else , free choice in feeders , they buy cheaper kinda calves , and odd colored calves , cut them and vaccinate them , run them all the way through to slaughter, they send them to feed around 750 lbs , they will not buy top...
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    Annual Cost per Cow

    lots of veriables in it , we have alot of cattle on hog farms in eastern NC so we have grass, and fertilizer as a consiquence of the hog farm, so we convert hog waste to grass to beef, I figure I can carry a cow as cheap as it can be done , it still is expensive ,
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    Thoughts on this grain

    that price sounds pretty good , im getting a similiar feed 14% texture feed for 200$ a ton delivered bulk, im getting some gluten feed in it and cottonseed , liking it so far,
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    Sav 2020 sale

    and it will be a bell ringer for sure, SAV is the hottest thing going right now, Kelly should be putting away money like a squirell in a acorn tree
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    First time doing embryo question.

    usually you would not use virgin heifers as recips for ET work
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    Your Thoughts and Advice

    was a sale manager involved in the sale, if so contact him. also be persistant but nice,
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    warning about pore on wormers

    I have set one on fire my self and know a few others that have , but you will need a hot shot if you are going to be in the cow business, I can bump one with it alot easier on me and the cow than climbing the wall and pushing and twisting till you turn blue and the cow still wont move, There is...
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    A Different Breed

    I have a friend that buys the lowest price calves he can get in the stockyards, he backgrounds 1200 at the time , sends them to feed and they will surprise you how good they do, they are every color in the world, and he hardly ever has a .80 cent average in the calves, he had a group just...
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    What Continental breed is the best?

    Limousin is a good choice for contenetial , they will yield good, and convert feed as good as any, they are easing calving and are fast growing
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